Reflections of the Absolute: Without a Mirror - Stephen H. Wolinsky

127 Pages·2011·1.61 MB·English

REFLECTIONS
OF THE
ABSOLUTE
Without A Mirror
Reflections
of the Absolute:
Without a Mirror
Copyright 2011 Stephen H. Wolinsky, PhD
An imprint of Quantum Press,
under the auspices of Quantum Institute Inc.
Stephen H. Wolinsky, PhD Library
ISBN 0-9749954-5-2
114 Rio Del Mar Blvd.
Aptos, California
95003-4648
website stephenhwolinskyphdlibrary.com
Typesetting and Book Cover Design
by
Bramble Books
[email protected]
Dedication
To my beloved Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The ultimate radio transmitter
The ultimate de-programmer
Watch Your Step
A Word of Caution
Nisargadatta Maharaj:
“Question everything, don’t believe
anything.”
As you are about to go through this book please
note that nothing you are about to read is true. It is
merely words which represent things which do not
exist.
Please do not fall into the trap of words.
Recall two Archetypes, (Current in the ocean
that form Waves, then foam, (the “I”, and bubbles).
The First Archetype is of the “Genie in the
Lamp”. In this current the right words, (magic
words) must be said, (chanted) for the genie to ap-
pear and grant your wishes, (kind of like mantras).
The second Archetypical current is Us-
ing a Treasure Map to Search for the Buried
Treasure. kind of like a spiritual paths search-
ing for enlightenment, the holy grail of the
“spiritual quest.
Why is this important to remember as we tread
through this book? Because all pointers and meta-
phors are using words which represent and describe
4
things which do not exist. In short, Don’t fall into
the words and language games.
Finally, be aware of regressed tendency form-
ing precognitive traps that offer pleasure and re-
wards for understanding and learning the words
and their meanings. This deeply imbedded cur-
rent assures only more craving and a fixation on
learning more and more words to have more and
more experiences with the belief that both ex-
periences and words/understanding will lead to
the ultimate experience, termed some form of
“Enlightenment”.
Nisargadatta Maharaj:
“…all experiences will lead you to is more
experiences…expect nothing from
experiences…”
As we will see words are designed to break the lan-
guage patterns, BUT, throw the thorn away, otherwise
you will fall into the trap of words and the joy of pre-
verbal conditioning and the learning and experiencing
the meaning of words.
With Love
Your Mirage Brother
Stephen
5
Introduction
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj is reminiscent of the
Zen Masters of old. With dialogues representative
of the 20th century. Maharaj proposed Koan like
Questions and Enquires based and guided by the
students who came to see him. Maharaj offered
questions in the form of an Enquiry through face
to face dialogue to be “contemplated” “within”.
And, when and if the Enquiry was “taken in”, like
a virus it would both dismantle and unpack belief
system which clouded “your” view of reality, while
simultaneously pointing “you” toward the reality of
who you were. And sometimes actually “describe”
as best as possible the Absolute.
This was not a talent that he worked at, but
rather a one shot straight shot, One consciousness,
ONE MIND, without any need for interpretation.
It just happened, without forethought or consider-
ation, (like everything happens), but appears not
too.
The text, is words, and as words they represent
things which do not exist. However when deliv-
ered One Mind-One Consciousness, the jolt can
be quite shocking and disorienting as a chuck of
the illusion a veil falls away. For example the miss
perception of an “I”, or the sense of doership, or be-
ingness. The shock that “I” experienced which was
sometimes painful, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes
6
disorientating but always liberating. This “experi-
ence” of disorientation was representative of the “I”
or self losing its reference point and location in the
illusion of space-time.
The text is a pointer thus disabling the illusion
of mind as a non-existent mirage.
It is through this disabling that the Absolute is
revealed or recognized as an indescribable vastness.
“In the vastness of the absolute” the concepts of
enlightenment-delusion, paths-yogas, and God it-
self, not to mention Consciousness-Emptiness, the
Witness, and even Awareness fall away as concepts
and part of the dream-illusion.
Enjoy the ride
Your Mirage Brother
Stephen
7
A Note o n the Text
Please note the many metaphors from an earlier
time and culture have been updated with the intent
of making the material both clearer and more avail-
able to readers in 2011. I would also suggest that
this is an ongoing process as culture and vocabulary
are constantly changing.
When phrases are repeated several times they
are being emphasized.
8
Echoes of the Absolute:
Without a Sound
Nisargadatta Maharaj:
“If you can forget it or remember it it is not
you, therefore discard it.”
The word universe appears
The birth of a word
Like birth and death non-existent outside of the
illusion
Without a source
The absolute knows nothing of these things
You are not the source
There is no source
There is no source
A self-knower looking for itself: An idea, a
concept, a word made of nothing representing
something which isn’t
There is no such thing as is or isn’t
There: Not here
Here: Not there
9